Armenian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Armenian նոր (nor).

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

նոր (nor) (superlative ամենանոր)

  1. new; fresh
    նոր գիրքnor girkʿnew book
    նոր մեքենաnor mekʿenanew car

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Adverb Edit

նոր (nor)

  1. just, just now; not long ago, recently
    ես իրեն նոր տեսաes iren nor tesaI just saw him
    նրանք նոր գնացինnrankʿ nor gnacʿinthey just left

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Conjunction Edit

նոր (nor)

  1. (colloquial) then

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Old Armenian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Indo-European *nowr̥ós, from *newr̥ós, from *néwos. Closest cognates are Ancient Greek νεαρός (nearós, young) and Latin noverca (stepmother, new mother).

Adjective Edit

նոր (nor)

  1. new, fresh, young
    նոր ոմն Ղեւոնդիոսnor omn Łewondioslike a second Leontius
    ամիս նորոցamis norocʿthe month of first fruits
  2. novel, recent, modern
    ի նորումն/նորումսi norumn/norumsat present; under the new dispensation, according to the Christian law; now, in the present age
  3. strange, extraordinary, curious
    նոր ինչnor inčʿcuriosity
  4. inexperienced, unpracticed, new, raw

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Adverb Edit

նոր (nor)

  1. newly, lately, freshly, recently
    նոր նորոգող բնութեան մերոյnor norogoł bnutʿean meroythe Renewer of our nature

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Descendants Edit

  • Armenian: նոր (nor)

References Edit

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “նոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press